Measurements of jet multiplicity and differential production cross sections of $Z +$ jets events in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 7 TeV

• Main Author: CMS collaboration (2143 authors)
• Publication Date: 2015
• Other Authors: Hollar, Jonathan, Nayak, Aruna, Bargassa, Pedrame, Beirão Da Cruz E Silva, Cristóvão, Faccioli, Pietro, Ferreira Parracho, Pedro Guilherme, Gallinaro, Michele, Nguyen, Federico, Rodrigues Antunes, Joao, Seixas, Joao, Varela, Joao, Vischia, Pietro, Lloret Iglesias, Lara, David Tinoco Mendes, Andre, Musella, Pasquale, Silva, Pedro, Pela, Joao, Leonardo, Nuno
• Format: Article
• Language: eng
• Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
• Download full: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.91.052008; http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/26662

<p>Measurements of differential cross sections are presented for the production of a <inline-formula><mml:math display="inline"><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Z</mml:mi></mml:math></inline-formula> boson and at least one hadronic jet in proton-proton collisions at <inline-formula><mml:math display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msqrt><mml:mrow><mml:mi>s</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>7</mml:mn><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mi>TeV</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math></inline-formula>, recorded by the CMS detector, using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of <inline-formula><mml:math display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mn>4.9</mml:mn><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi>fb</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo>−</mml:mo><mml:mn>1</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msup></mml:mrow></mml:math></inline-formula>. The jet multiplicity distribution is measured for up to six jets. The differential cross sections are measured as a function of jet transverse momentum and pseudorapidity for the four highest transverse momentum jets. The distribution of the scalar sum of jet transverse momenta is also measured as a function of the jet multiplicity. The measurements are compared with theoretical predictions at leading and next-to-leading order in perturbative QCD.</p>